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Wednesday's Talk Shows: Eli Manning; Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger

2012-05-15 21:37:22

<![CDATA[Wednesday's Talk Shows: Eli Manning; Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger]]>

Celso Chavez, founding member of Possum Dixon, dies at 44

2012-05-10 21:37:38

<![CDATA[Celso Chavez, founding member of Possum Dixon, dies at 44]]>

Detectives seek to question son of Pepperdine's president

2012-05-10 00:00:00

Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives are seeking to question Christopher A. Benton, the son of Pepperdine University President Andrew K. Benton, in connection with the death of a Malibu woman almost two weeks ago. The body of 25-year-old graphic...

The Sunday Conversation: Stage is set for Christie Brinkley

2012-05-10 14:40:00

Supermodel Christie Brinkley makes her L.A. stage debut, reprising her Broadway turn as Roxie Hart in "Chicago: The Musical," at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood from Tuesday through May 27. You made your stage debut on Broadway as Roxie Hart a year...

The Writer-director: Upending the end of the world

2012-04-29 00:00:00

Hollywood's usual last-minute heroics don't factor in "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World." In writer-director Lorene Scafaria's opening scene, a space mission to prevent a 70-mile-wide asteroid from hitting Earth fails spectacularly, giving...

Rolling Stones' 'Exile' as feature film? Casting Mick and Keith

2012-04-27 16:37:12

Orange county gang member gets life in prison for 2004 murder

2012-04-30 16:35:57

Bobby Brown didn't introduce Whitney Houston to drugs, he says

2012-04-30 16:17:00

Who got Whitney Houston started using drugs? Bobby Brown says it wasn’t him, thank you very much. Houston's drug use started "way before" he entered the picture, he told Matt Lauer in an interview that will air this week on the “Today”...

Suspect pleads not guilty in Oakland campus shooting rampage

2012-04-30 21:35:38

A baby is born addicted to drugs about once an hour, study says

2012-04-30 13:47:00

Here’s some depressing news to kick off your week: The proportion of pregnant women who are addicted to opiates increased nearly fivefold between 2000 and 2009. Accordingly, the proportion of babies born addicted to the drugs who experience...

Hepatitis C a latent legacy of baby boomers' youth

2012-05-02 00:00:00

The number of baby boomers dying from a "silent epidemic" of hepatitis C infections is increasing so rapidly that federal officials are planning a new nationwide push for widespread testing. Three in four of the estimated 3.2 million people who have...

The intertwining lives of a man and his San Francisco neighborhood

2012-05-04 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO —The line for a free breakfast snaked around Glide United Memorial Methodist Church. Police busted two men in a restaurant doorway. Panhandlers provided a neighborhood soundtrack. It was Sunday morning in the Tenderloin, and Mark...

In 1999 Andre F. Chung photographed James Phelps as he injects heroin into his arm while standing in the woods of Wilkens Ave. Although in rehab at Hopkins Bayview, he can't stay away from the corner or the drugs.

2012-05-02 15:17:06

"It hangs over your head," said Harold Owens, who gave up heroin in the 1980s and tries to maintain a positive attitude about living with hepatitis C.

2012-05-02 10:53:00

Police position themselves in the alley behind a house in the 1200 block of Lombard during a raid in March of 2011.

2012-05-02 10:14:23